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Fish Protein Startup Boosts Nutrition in Rwanda
This Food Science for Relief and Development column discusses a dried fish protein production startup in Rwanda.
Preliminary drying of sambaza at Lake Kivu. Photo courtesy of Land O’Lakes Venture37
Triumvirate Food, a youth-founded Rwandan food startup, has expanded beyond selling dried fish to producing an innovative fish protein supplement for young children. In Rwanda, where one in three children under five (nearly 800,000) are stunted (UNICEF), this locally made nutrition supplement offers a much needed protein boost for optimal physical and cognitive development.
Known as the “land of a thousand hills,” Rwanda has a landscape characterized by lush highland rainforests (like a tropical …
